IoN research discovers novel means of communication between neurones and gliahttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/articles/news/novel-means-of-communication-neurones-gliaResearch by Dr Thomas Jensen and colleagues from the Institute of Neurology has discovered a novel way by which nerve cells in the brain can communicate with astroglia.Kate Faxen2016-11-25T15:24:54ZNew cohort study develops cognitive impairment prediction tool for Parkinson’s disease patientshttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/articles/news/cognitive-impairment-prediction-tool-parkinsons A group of researchers, including the
Institute of Neurology’s Professor Anette Schrag and Dr Jonathan M Schott, has
developed a tool to predict cognitive decline in newly-diagnosed Parkinson’s
disease patients.Kate Faxen2016-11-22T14:07:04ZUCD Alumni Award for Prof Eleanor Maguirehttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/articles/news/ucdalumniawardmaguireProf Eleanor Maguire, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, has been given an alumni award for research, innovation and impact by University College Dublin (UCD). She has won a number of prizes for outstanding contributions to science,
including the Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine - awarded for research
promoting the public awareness and understanding of science, the
Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award, two Wellcome
Trust Senior Research Fellowships, the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin
Award, The Feldberg Foundation Prize, and the Dargut and Milena Kemali
International Prize. She has also been elected a Fellow of the Academy
of Medical Sciences.David R Blundred2016-11-15T08:50:42Z